OK, I admit it. I failed my first Norge IQ test. Got the bike last Saturday. Today I wanted to adjust the shock preload. The shock preload knob is hidden behind a black side body panel with no obvious way to remove it. Searched this forum and two other forums for a "how to" on removing that panel. Nothing. Searched Owner's Manual. It says remove the pannier and then remove screw "4" but doesn't tell me where screw "4" is located or how to get at it. Spent two hours out in the garage trying be Algernon looking for the cheese. Fail. So I give up. Somebody has to tell me the trick.
As far as I can tell, when you remove the visible retaining screw for that panel, it seems to have two more retainers of some sort in hidden locations at the bottom left and bottom center. To get back there, it looks like the pannier has to come off. But there seems to be no way to remove the pannier. There's a threaded pin at the front mounting point that looks like it should do something but when you remove the nut nothing happens. Pannier is still solidly mounted. There's also a spring clip that moves up and down but doesn't seem to have any function either. Nothing in the Owners Manual about how to remove the panniers.
I saw one post in here where one guy says he takes his panniers off every night and takes them to his hotel room for the night. So there must be a trick that lets you remove the pannier fairly easily. In fact, it seems to me that the panniers should come off without tools. But I'll be damned if I can see how.
So I'm giving up for today and hopefully by tomorrow somebody will explain the trick to me.
As far as I can tell, when you remove the visible retaining screw for that panel, it seems to have two more retainers of some sort in hidden locations at the bottom left and bottom center. To get back there, it looks like the pannier has to come off. But there seems to be no way to remove the pannier. There's a threaded pin at the front mounting point that looks like it should do something but when you remove the nut nothing happens. Pannier is still solidly mounted. There's also a spring clip that moves up and down but doesn't seem to have any function either. Nothing in the Owners Manual about how to remove the panniers.
I saw one post in here where one guy says he takes his panniers off every night and takes them to his hotel room for the night. So there must be a trick that lets you remove the pannier fairly easily. In fact, it seems to me that the panniers should come off without tools. But I'll be damned if I can see how.
So I'm giving up for today and hopefully by tomorrow somebody will explain the trick to me.